Annex A
Coding agricultural land when you apply for the Basic Payment Scheme
- Permanent grassland
- Permanent crops
- Arable land: temporary grassland and fallow land
- Agricultural land under a Rural Development Programme agreement
- Dual use
| Land use | Code to use in column C7 | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Permanent grassland | PG01 | All land you are planning to count as permanent grassland for BPS. You can include strips and margins of permanent grassland under the main land use of the parcel and they don’t need to be separately identified. Read the ‘Basic Payment Scheme: rules for 2022’ for more information on permanent grassland. |
| Land use | Code to use in column C7 | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Permanent crops other than nursery crops and short rotation coppice | TC01 | Permanent crops are crops that occupy the land for 5 years or more (other than permanent grassland) and nursery crops and provide repeat harvests. They include nursery crops, short rotation (code NU01) and short rotation coppice (code SR01). Multi-annual/perennial crops include: Almonds Apples Apricots Artichoke Asparagus Avocados Bilberries Blackberries Blueberries Cherries Chestnuts Citrus fruit Cranberries Currants English Chamomile Figs Gooseberries Grapes Guavas Hazelnuts Hops Hyssop Lavender Loganberries Macadamia nuts Mangos Mangosteens Melissa Mint Miscanthus Mulberries Papayas and Locust beans Peaches Pears Pecans Pineapples Pine nuts Pistachios Plantains Plums Raspberries Reed canary grass Rhubarb Rosemary Sloes and Quinces Walnuts Yarrow Other fruits under the genus ‘Vaccinium’ are also permanent crops. Includes flower crops such as: Agrinomy Autumn Hawk-bit Betony Bladder Campion Bluebell Bulbous Buttercup Cats Ear Clustered Bellflower Coltsfoot Common Daisy Common Mallow Common Sorrell Cowslip Creeping Buttercup Dandelion Devils-bit Scabious Drop wort Field Scabious Garlic Mustard Great Burnett Greater Hawk-bit Greater Knapweed Greater Mullein Heartsease Hedge woundwort Hoary Plantain Kidney Vetch Lady’s Bed Straw Lawn Chamomile Lesser Knapweed Meadow Buttercup Meadow Cranesbill Meadow Vetchling Meadowsweet Musk Mallow Nettle leaved bellflower Ox-Eye Daisy Purple Loosestrife Purple Toadflax Ragged Robin Red Campion Ribwort Plantain Salad Burnet Seal Heal Small Scabious St. John’s Wort Vipers Bugloss Water Avens White Campion Wild Angelica Wild Garlic Wild Primrose Wood Avens Yellow flag Iris Yellow Toad Flax |
| Nursery crops | NU01 | Nursery crops are areas of young woody plants grown in the open air, on soil in greenhouses, or under polytunnels for later transplantation. They include: - vine and root stock nurseries - fruit tree and berry nurseries - ornamental nurseries - mixed nurseries of forest trees (except those for the holding’s own requirements grown in woodland) - nurseries of trees and bushes for planting in gardens, parks, at the road side and on embankments Nursery crops do not include Christmas trees unless they are grown in nurseries for later transplantation. |
| Short rotation coppice | SR01 | Short rotation coppice includes areas planted with tree species that consist of woody, perennial crops, the rootstock or stools remaining in the ground after harvesting, with new shoots emerging in the following season. The initial tree planting needs to have been done after the year 2000. The eligible species for short rotation coppice are: - Alder (Alnus) - Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) - Birch (Betula) - Hazel (Corylus avellana) - Hornbeam (Carpinus spp) - Lime (Tilia cordata) - Poplar (Populus spp) - Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) - Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) - Willow (Salix spp) |
| Land use | Code to use in column C7 | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Temporary grassland | TG01 | All land you are planning to count as temporary grassland for BPS. You can include the areas of strips and margins of temporary grassland under the land use code you are using for the main land use of the parcel and they don’t need to be separately identified |
| Land lying fallow | FA01 | All land you are planning to count as fallow land for BPS. You can include the areas of strips and margins of fallow land under the land use code you are using for the main land use of the parcel and they don’t need to be separately identified. Wild bird mixes can be coded under a number of different land use codes, as long as your individual example matches the criteria, for example: - as a mixed crop if there is an area where a seed mixture is sown. It doesn’t matter what crops are included in the mix. - as fallow land when it is land which has no crop production or grazing on it, but is maintained in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation. These need to be an unharvestable mix of at least 2 crops that support wildlife and pollinators (advisers from the ‘Championing the Farmed Environment’ can help farmers choose). Wild-bird seed mixes should be an area with a balanced combination of small-seed bearing crops, for example Barley, Triticale, Kale, Quinoa, Linseed, Millet, Mustard, Fodder radish, Sunflower. This will benefit over- wintering birds. Pollen sources and nectar sources should be in an area with a mixture of nectar-rich plants, for example Red clover, Alsike clover, Bird’s foot trefoil, Sainfoin, Musk mallow or Common knapweed. This will benefit nectar feeding insects like butterflies and bumble bees. |
| Crops under water and leguminous crops | Use the appropriate code(s) listed in the arable land tables | All land you are planning to count as crops under water or leguminous crops |
| Land use | Genus | Species | Code for C7 | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aster (Chinese) | Callistephus | - | AC97 | - |
| Aubergine-type arable crop | Solanaceae | Solanum melongena | AC46 | Includes Aubergine and Eggplant |
| Banana squash- type arable crop | Cucurbitacae | Cucurbita maxim | AC53 | Includes Banana squash and Buttercup squash |
| Barley (spring)- type arable crop | Hordeum | Spring variety | AC01 | Includes Feed barley, Malting barley, Two row barley, Six row barley |
| Barley (winter)- type arable crop | Hordeum | Winter variety | AC63 | Includes Feed barley, Malting barley, Two row barley, Six row barley |
| Basil-type arable crop | Ocimum | - | AC02 | Includes all Basils |
| Beet-type arable crop | Beta | - | AC03 | Includes Beetroot, Chard, Field beet, Fodder beet, Mangolds, Redbeet, Sugar beet |
| Borage-type arable crop | Borago | - | AC04 | Includes Borage |
| Brown mustard- type arable crop | Brassicaceae | Sinapsis alba | AC37 | Includes Brown mustard; Use AC38 for White or Yellow mustard |
| Buckwheat-type arable crop | Fagopyrum | - | AC05 | Includes Buckwheat |
| Butternut squash- type arable crop | Cucurbitacae | Cucurbita moschata | AC54 | Includes Butternut squash, Cheese pumpkin |
| Cabbage (spring)- type arable crop | Brassicaceae | Brassica oleracea - spring variety | AC34 | Includes Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Cabbages, Calabrese, Cauliflower, Chinese kale, Kale, Kohlrabi, Red cabbage, Savoy cabbage, White cabbage |
| Cabbage (winter)- type arable crop | Brassicaceae | Brassica oleracea - winter variety | AC70 | Includes Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Cabbages, Calabrese, Cauliflower, Chinese kale, Kale, Kohlrabi, Red cabbage, Savoy cabbage, White cabbage |
| Camelina-type arable crop | Camelina | - | AC73 | Includes Camelina, gold-of- pleasure, false flax |
| Canary seed-type arable crop | Phalaris | - | AC06 | Includes Canary seed |
| Carrot-type arable crop | Daucus | - | AC07 | Includes Carrot |
| Celery-type arable crop | Apium | - | AC08 | Includes Celeriac, Celery |
| Chicory-type arable crop | Chichorium | - | AC09 | Includes Chicory, Endive, Italian chicory, Radiccio |
| Chilli-type arable crop | Solanaceae | Capsicum baccatum | AC48 | Includes chilli peppers |
| Coriander-type arable crop | Coriandrum | - | AC71 | Includes Coriander |
| Corn chamomile- type arable crop | Anthemis arvensis | - | AC77 | Includes Corn chamomile |
| Corn cockle-type arable crop | Agrostemma | - | AC78 | Includes Corn cockle |
| Corn flower-type arable crop | Centaurea | - | AC79 | Includes Corn flower |
| Corn gromwell- type arable crop | Buglossoides (also known as Lithospermum) | - | AC72 | Includes Corn gromwell |
| Corn marigold- type arable crop | - | AC80 | Includes Corn marigold | |
| Crambe-type arable crop | Brassicaceae | Crambe maritima | AC39 | Includes Crambe, Seakale |
| Cress-type arable crop (excluding Watercress) | Brassicaceae | Lepidium sativu | AC89 | Includes Garden Cress. Use CW01 for Watercress |
| Cucumber-type arable crop | Cucurbitacae | Cucumis sativus | AC56 | Includes Cucumber |
| Daffodil-type arable crop | Narcissus | - | AC10 | Includes all daffodils |
| Dill-type arable crop | Anethum | - | AC11 | Includes Dill |
| Echium | Boraginaceae | AC91 | ||
| Evening primrose- type arable crop | Oenothera | - | AC12 | Includes Evening primrose |
| Fennel-type arable crop | Foeniculum | - | AC13 | Includes Fennel |
| Field forget-me- not-type arable crop | Myosotis | - | AC82 | Includes Forget-me-not |
| Fox-glove-type arable crop | Digitalis | - | AC83 | Includes Fox-glove |
| German chamomile-type arable crop | Matricaria | - | AC76 | Includes Chamomile, German Chamomile, Hungarian Chamomile, Kamilla, Wild Chamomile, Scentless Mayweed |
| Gladioli | Glasiolus | - | AC90 | - |
| Hay rattle-type arable crop | Rhinanthus | - | AC84 | Includes Hay-rattle |
| Hedge bedstraw- type arable crop | Galium | - | AC85 | Includes Hedge bedstraw |
| Hemp-type arable crop | Cannabis | - | AC14 | Includes Hemp |
| Horseradish-type arable crop | Brassicaceae | Armoracia rusticana | AC42 | Includes Horseradish (Cochlearia armoracia) |
| Japanese pie squash-type arable crop | Cucurbitaceae | Cucurbita argyrosperma | AC51 | Includes Japanese pie squash |
| Larkspur | Consolida | - | AC98 | - |
| Lettuce-type arable crop | Lactuca | - | AC15 | Includes Butterhead lettuce, Cos lettuce, Iceberg lettuce, Lettuce, Romaine lettuce |
| Linseed (spring)- type arable crop | Linum | Spring variety | AC16 | Includes Flax, Linseed |
| Linseed (winter)- type arable crop | Linum | Winter variety | AC64 | Includes Flax, Linseed |
| Maize-type arable crop | Zea | - | AC17 | Includes Corn, Maize, Sweetcorn |
| Melon-type arable crop | Cucurbitacae | Cucumis melo | AC57 | Includes Melons other than Water melon |
| Millet-type arable crop | Echinochloa | - | AC18 | Includes Millet |
| Mixed arable crop - group 1 | Variable | Variable | AC58 | Mixed arable crop - you can mark up to 5 different mixed crops on your land as different crops. |
| Mixed crop - group 2 | Variable | Variable | AC59 | Mixed arable crop - you can mark up to 5 different mixed crops on your land as different crops. |
| Mixed crop - group 3 | Variable | Variable | AC60 | Mixed arable crop - you can mark up to 5 different mixed crops on your land as different crops. |
| Mixed crop - group 4 | Variable | Variable | AC61 | Mixed arable crop - you can mark up to 5 different mixed crops on your land as different crops. |
| Mixed crop - group 5 | Variable | Variable | AC62 | Mixed arable crop - you can mark up to 5 different mixed crops on your land as different crops. |
| Mustard-type arable crop | Brassicaceae | Sinapsis alba | AC38 | Includes White or Yellow mustard; use AC37 for Brown mustard |
| Nigella | Nigella | - | AC99 | - |
| Oats (spring)-type arable crop | Avena | Spring variety | AC19 | Includes Feed oats, Naked oats, Porridge oats, Quaking oats |
| Oats (winter)-type arable crop | Avena | Winter variety | AC65 | Includes Feed oats, Naked oats, Porridge oats, Quaking oats |
| Oca-type arable crop | Oxalis | - | AC75 | Includes Oca, New Zealand Yam |
| Oilseed (spring)- type arable crop | Brassicaceae | Brassica napus (spring variety) | AC36 | Includes Industrial rape, Oilseed rape, Swede |
| Oilseed (winter)- type arable crop | Brassicaceae | Brassica napus (winter variety) | AC67 | Includes Industrial rape, Oilseed rape, Swede |
| Onion-type arable crop | Ilium | - | AC20 | Includes Chives, Garlic, Onions, Leeks, Scallions, Shallot, Spring Onions |
| Oregano-type arable crop | Origanum | - | AC21 | Includes Oregano, Marjoram |
| Parsley-type arable crop | Petroselinum | - | AC22 | Includes All Parsleys |
| Parsnip-type arable crop | Pastinaca | - | AC23 | Includes Parsnips |
| Pepper-type arable crop | Solanaceae | Capsicum annuum | AC47 | Includes Bell pepper, Chilli pepper |
| Phacelia-type arable crop | Phacelia | - | AC74 | Includes Phacelia |
| Poppy-type arable crop | Papaver | - | AC81 | Includes Poppy and Corn poppy |
| Potato-type arable crop | Solanaceae | Solanum tuberosum | AC44 | Includes Early potato, Maincrop potato, Seed potato; use AC28 for Sweet potato |
| Quinoa-type arable crop | Chenopodium quinoa | - | AC87 | Includes Quinoa |
| Radish-type arable crop | Brassicaceae | Raphanus sativus | AC41 | Includes Radish |
| Rocket-type arable crop | Brassicaceae | Eruca sativa | AC40 | Includes Rocket |
| Rye (spring)-type arable crop | Secale | Spring variety | AC24 | Includes Rye (spring) |
| Rye (winter)-type arable crop | Secale | Winter variety | AC68 | Includes Rye (winter) |
| Ryegrass (Italian) (Solanum sisymbriifolium) | Lolium | - | AC100 | - |
| Sage-type arable crop | Salvia | - | AC25 | Includes Clary sage, Sages |
| Siam pumpkin- type arable crop | Cucurbitacae | Cucurbita ficifolia | AC52 | Includes Siam pumpkin, Seven year melon |
| Sorghum | Sorghum | - | AC92 | - |
| Spelt Wheat | Tritcum Spelta | - | AC96 | |
| Spinach-type arable crop | Spinacia | - | AC26 | Includes Spinach |
| Squash-type arable crop | Cucurbitacae | Cucurbita pepo | AC50 | Includes Pumpkins, Squashes, Marrows, Zucchini, Courgettes |
| Strawberry-type arable crop | Fragaria | - | AC27 | Includes Strawberry |
| Sticky Nightshade (Solanum sisymbriifolium) | Solanum | - | AC93 | - |
| Sunflower-type arable crop | Halianthus | - | AC88 | Includes Sunflower |
| Sweet potato- type arable crop | Ipomoea | - | AC28 | Includes Sweet potato; use AC44 for Potato |
| Sweet William | Dianthus | - | AC94 | - |
| Teasel-type arable crop | Dipsacus | - | AC86 | Includes Teasel |
| Thyme-type arable crop | Thymus | - | AC29 | Includes all thymes |
| Tobacco-type arable crop | Solanaceae | Nicotiana tabacum | AC43 | Includes Tobacco |
| Tomato-type arable crop | Solanaceae | Solanum lycopersicum | AC45 | Includes Tomato |
| Tree chilli-type arable crop | Solanaceae | Capsicum pubescens | AC49 | Includes Tree chilli |
| Triticale (spring)- type arable crop | - | Spring variety | AC30 | Includes Triticale (spring) |
| Triticale (winter)- type arable crop | - | Winter variety | AC69 | Includes Triticale (winter) |
| Tulip-type arable crop | Tulipa | - | AC31 | Includes all tulips |
| Turnip-type arable crop | Brassicaceae | Brassica rapa | AC35 | Includes Bok choi, Chinese cabbage (Pak choi), Turnip, Turnip rape |
| Wallflower | Erysimum | - | AC95 | - |
| Water melon- type arable crop | Cucurbitacae | Citrullus lanatus | AC55 | Includes Water melon |
| Watercress – arable crop under water | Brassicaceae | Nasturtium officinale | CW01 | Includes Watercress |
| Wheat (spring)- type arable crop | Triticum | Spring variety | AC32 | Includes Biscuit wheat, Common or Bread wheat, Durum wheat, Einkorn, Feed wheat, Red wheat |
| Wheat (winter)- type arable crop | Triticum | Winter variety | AC66 | Includes Biscuit wheat, Common or Bread wheat, Durum wheat, Einkorn, Feed wheat, Red wheat |
| Yam-type arable crop | Dioscorea | - | AC33 | Includes Yam |
| Bird’s foot trefoil- type leguminous and nitrogen-fixing crop | Lotus | - | LG10 | Includes Bird’s foot trefoil. |
| Chickpea-type leguminous and nitrogen-fixing crop | Cicer | - | LG01 | Includes Chickpea. |
| Clover-type leguminous and nitrogen-fixing crop | Trifolium | - | LG14 | Includes clovers and some trefoil. |
| Cowpea-type leguminous and nitrogen-fixing crop | Vigna | - | LG09 | Includes Black eye peas, Cowpeas. |
| Fenugreek-type leguminous and nitrogen-fixing crop | Trigonella | - | LG02 | Includes Fenugreek. |
| Field beans (spring)-type leguminous and nitrogen-fixing crop | Vicia | Spring variety | LG03 | Includes Broad beans, Field beans, Vetch. |
| Field beans (winter)-type leguminous and nitrogen-fixing crop | Vicia | Winter variety | LG20 | Includes Broad beans, Field beans, Vetch. |
| Green beans-type leguminous and nitrogen-fixing crop | Phaseolus | - | LG04 | Includes French beans, Green beans, Haricot beans, Runner beans. |
| Lentil-type leguminous and nitrogen-fixing crop | Lens | - | LG05 | Includes Lentils. |
| Lucerne-type leguminous and nitrogen-fixing crop | Medicago | - | LG11 | Includes Lucerne (Alfalfa), Black medic. |
| Lupin-type leguminous and nitrogen-fixing crop | Lupinus | - | LG06 | Includes Lupin. |
| Mixed crop - Predominant | Variable | Variable | LG15 | Mixed crop, the leguminous crops are predominant. You can mark up to 5 different mixed crops made up of a legumes predominant mix on your land. |
| Mixed crop - Predominant | Variable | Variable | LG16 | Mixed crop, the leguminous crops are predominant. You can mark up to 5 different mixed crops made up of a legumes predominant mix on your land. |
| Mixed crop - Predominant | Variable | Variable | LG17 | Mixed crop, the leguminous crops are predominant. You can mark up to 5 different mixed crops made up of a legumes predominant mix on your land. |
| Mixed crop - Predominant | Variable | Variable | LG18 | Mixed crop, the leguminous crops are predominant. You can mark up to 5 different mixed crops made up of a legumes predominant mix on your land. |
| Mixed crop - Predominant | Variable | Variable | LG19 | Mixed crop, the leguminous crops are predominant. You can mark up to 5 different mixed crops made up of a legumes predominant mix on your land. |
| Pea (spring)-type leguminous and nitrogen-fixing crop | Pisum | Spring variety | LG07 | Includes Feed pea, Mange tout, Marrow fat pea, Snap pea, Snow pea, Vining pea. |
| Pea (winter)-type leguminous and nitrogen-fixing crop | Pisum | Winter variety | LG21 | Includes Feed pea, Mange tout, Marrow fat pea, Snap pea, Snow pea, Vining pea. |
| Sainfoin-type leguminous and nitrogen-fixing crop | - | - | LG13 | Includes sainfoin. |
| Soya-type leguminous and nitrogen-fixing crop | Glycine | - | LG08 | Includes Soya bean, Soybean. |
| Sweet clover-type leguminous and nitrogen-fixing crop | Melilotus | LG12 | Includes sweet clover |
There are some land use codes which appear in the Rural Payments service, so may appear on your form, which you should not use in your BPS application.
The table below shows which codes not to use, and which codes to use instead.
| Code | What code to use instead |
|---|---|
| ES01 - Real estate services | This code does not relate to land and is for RPA use only. |
| NF04 - Scattered trees | If the area with scattered trees in is eligible, you don’t need to declare it as a separate ‘land use’ with its own land use code. Instead, include its area within the main land use of the parcel it is in. If the area with scattered trees in is ineligible, use the code ‘WO12 – Ineligible woodland’. |
| AS01 – Archaeological site | Use the code which best describes the land which the archaeological site is on. |
| PL02 | If the area is eligible, use one of the following: FA01 – Fallow PG01 - Permanent Grassland If the area is ineligible, use the relevant code from the ‘Ineligible areas and features on otherwise eligible land’ list. |
| BF01 - Stone wall protected under cross compliance | You don’t need to declare these as a separate ‘land use’ with their own land use code. Instead, include their area within the main land use of the parcel it is in. |
| BF02 - Hedge protected under cross compliance | You don’t need to declare these as a separate ‘land use’ with their own land use code. Instead, include their area within the main land use of the parcel it is in. |
| AB03 - Animal shelter on bare soil | You don’t need to declare these as a separate ‘land use’ with their own land use code. Instead, include their area within the main land use of the parcel it is in. |
| IW01 - Rivers and streams less than 4 metres in width and forming part of a boundary (type 1) | You don’t need to declare these as a separate ‘land use’ with their own land use code. Instead, include their area within the main land use of the parcel it is in. |
| IW11 - Drain/Ditch/ Dyke less than 4 metres in width and forming part of a boundary | You don’t need to declare these as a separate ‘land use’ with their own land use code. Instead, include their area within the main land use of the parcel it is in. |
| BF08 - Bank | You don’t need to declare these as a separate ‘land use’ with their own land use code. Instead, include their area within the main land use of the parcel it is in. |
| BF16 - Fence | You don’t need to declare these as a separate ‘land use’ with their own land use code. Instead, include their area within the main land use of the parcel it is in. |
| CA01 Catch crop | Greening code no longer in use |
| CA02 Cover crop | Greening code no longer in use |
| BF11 Half hedge | Greening code no longer in use |
| BF12 Adjacent hedge | Greening code no longer in use |
| BF15 Buffer strip | Greening code no longer in use |
If you have agricultural land which is under your management control for an agri-environment or woodland scheme, such as CS or ES agreement and at your disposal for BPS, use the appropriate codes to tell us about this land.
If you have agricultural land which is under your management control for an agri environment or woodland scheme, such as CS or ES agreement and is not at your disposal for BPS, you need to make sure the parcel is included in part B of your form and declare the area in column C8 as 0.00ha. Read Dual use below.
If you are in a ‘dual use’ situation with another BPS applicant – the other applicant has the land at their disposal for BPS, and you have the same area of land under your management control for an agri-environment or woodland scheme, such as CS or ES agreement, you need to agree the land-use code with the other BPS applicant and declare this at C7 and then enter 0.0000 in C6 and C8. This land will not count towards your area available to use entitlements.
If you are the applicant with the land at your disposal for BPS, use the appropriate land use code from Annex A to tell us about this land. Enter an area for the land use in C6 and if you want to use the land in your BPS claim, enter an area in C8.
If you have non-agricultural land, for example woodland, under an agri-environment or woodland scheme, such as CS or ES agreement, read Annex B for more information on coding this land.